Most Densely Populated Cities in Oregon: Ranked by People per Square Mile

The densest city in Oregon in our data is Oak Hills, OR, with about 7,866 people per square mile, followed by Aloha, OR (7,384) and Hayesville, OR (7,257). This list ranks the top 50 places among the 101 Oregon communities with at least 5,000 residents.

What are the top 50 in Oregon?

How dense are the cities in Oregon?

The densest place is about 2 times as dense as the median place in the state, which has about 3,245 people per square mile. At the other end, Roseburg North, OR has about 231. Under our scale, 12 places are an urban core (over 5,000 per square mile), 84 are suburban, and the rest are small towns or rural. Washington County contributes 18 of the top 50.

Which counties do the top 50 belong to?

The 50 places on this list are spread across 11 counties of Oregon. Washington County has 18 (Oak Hills, Aloha, Cornelius, Cedar Mill, Bull Mountain, Beaverton, Rockcreek, Bethany, Ced); Clackamas County has 12 (Gladstone, Jennings Lodge, Oak Grove, Milwaukie, Oatfield, Canby, Molalla, Oregon City, La); Marion County has 5 (Hayesville, Four Corners, Keizer, Woodburn, Salem). Counties with several entries are usually centers of a metropolitan area, where one large city is surrounded by many suburbs that each pass the 5,000-resident threshold.

How does Oregon compare with the rest of the country?

The median Oregon place with a page has about 15,515 residents, compared with about 13,459 nationwide, so the state's typical community is larger than the national typical place. The state has 373 communities in total, of which 101 reach 5,000 residents. See the national ranking of the largest cities for comparison.

Quick answers about Oregon cities

• Which is the densest city in Oregon? Oak Hills (7,866 per square mile).
• How many Oregon cities have more than 100,000 people? 7 in our data.
• How many have 25,000 to 100,000? 23.
• What is the typical size? About 15,515 residents for a place with a page.

How is this ranking made?

The data comes from the SimpleMaps US Cities Database, which gives each place an estimated population and a density in people per square kilometer. We convert density to people per square mile and rank the places with at least 5,000 residents. Boundaries matter: a city that includes large parks or farmland scores lower on density than a compact city of the same size, and population estimates can include areas that share a city's ZIP codes. Read why population figures differ and how density is calculated before you quote a number.

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Rankings use dataset estimates, not official counts.